The Miraculous Octopus
This week join Roger Billings and the Science Live crew in an exploration of one of nature’s most remarkable creatures: the octopus!
We’ll learn about the octopus’s remarkable camouflage abilities and the science that allows them to change color and texture in as little as 200 milliseconds. Did you know they have no backbone and not one, but three hearts! Discover more fascinating facts and fun stories about these remarkably intelligent creatures.
This episode also includes updates on Acellus World – a new cyber school program, and don’t miss the hilarious segment where R51 attempts — with mixed results — to train an octopus named Octagon.
About DrB
Dr. Roger Billings is a visionary innovator whose work has touched the lives of millions of students and transformed the landscape of education. Widely known as “DrB” to the countless kids who benefit from his groundbreaking Acellus learning system, Dr. Billings has dedicated his life to advancing education through technology.
As part of DrB’s lifelong commitment to supporting education, Science LIVE was launched as a way to “give back” by mentoring students in conjunction with the Roger Billings Scholarship Program.
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R51 why did you not look back?
I didn’t know all of those cool facts about octopi.
Excited for a new video
octopus really have 9 brains thats super cool.
I think octopuses are very cool *
I love the Octopus .
does it still count if I watch more than half at least?
Thank you
I liked learning about the octopus. Can’t wait to see what we will learn next week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Love Science Live, thanks Dr. Billings!
I think it’s cool how octopus‘s can Camouflage so good.
Loved the live!
i love science.
I love Acellus so so so much.
I enjoyed learning about the octopus and how it uses its skin camouflage.
Training a octopus is really cool! Can’t wait till next week!
Nice video!!
OMG this is so cool
I really liked learning about more about how smart the Octopus is. The way they are able to solve mazes and then go back and change the maze along with being able to recognize facial features in people is fascinating.
training a octopus is really cool!
I love Acellus so so so much
I love science lives!!
Thank you for making the video.
woah! how cool
I love octopy!
I like it all!!!!!!
science live is the best!
amazing live
I don’t know about you guys but I miss the protojes
I loved learning all about the octopi!
They’re so cool!
I didn’t know Caleb could juggle.
(I have P.E as one of my classes.)
Can Dr. Billings juggle?
Do any of you know the fastest way to earn gold?
I really enjoyed learning about the Octopus. It is amazing what the mimic octopus can do to camouflage.
is all octopus bad
Great science live!
I like how the octopus can camoflage.
Great video. I like octopus 🐙
I’ve heard of octopi doing all sorts of things but this is new!
Who knew octopuses could be that tiny?!
I hope we keep our new octopus friend, Octagon!
fun fact the Octopodes blood is copper based unlike other land animals blood which is iron based.
Its so cool how a octopus can change how it looks on command.
I love Acellus so much.
I love science live!!!!
I love Octopus so the part about them this science live was very enjoyable.
The octopus was so interesting while evading the eel!
This is so cool!
I loved the video
cool video
I’ve learned so much today thank you 😊
two things, First: The Octopus was very cool and cute. Second: How have we not figured out who the guy in the end yet😭
I love Acellus so much.
I never knew octopuses had 3 hearts. How cool!
octopus are such cool and amazing sea animals how do they know so much?.
This episode soo cool!!
Sea creatures are fascinating. I never realized how intelligent an octopus is. Very cool!
so good
I enjoyed the live
Octopuses are wild — they have THREE hearts and blue blood! that is crazy!
It is crazy how smart these things are?
I really liked learning about octopuses!
I love area 51, R-51 makes it so interesting all the time.
I love octopuses
People can really train anything, that’s awesome! Hi from Montana !
Awesome Episode!
Loved this.
That octopus training was amazing I wonder what other animals could be trained like that maybe an orangutan perhaps.
Very educational video cant wait to watch the next one.
Great video!
Thank you for the information about octopi; I did not know that they could use the coconuts as a shelter and hiding place. It was also very cool that they can control their goosebumps.
Super cool video !!
Octopi are so awesome!
Octopuses are one of my favorite animals! I really love this live!
I’ve learned so much today thank you 😊
Science is my favorite subject!
really cool show
I love octopuses
I liked this episode of science live.
I like how I am learning about octopus and it feels nice
how masny octopus are thear in the world
Can’t wait until next week!!!!
That is really enteristing that their skin is photosynthetic.
science is so amasing
Octopuses are so cool there are so many unique things about them.
The Octopus’ ability to crawl into small spaces can be replicated to explore caves and small spaces that humans and other robots cannot get into.
fun video
I love science live its so cool!
I like octopi
The R51 episode was so hilarious!
Oh, I love learning about octopus!
Super cool
Amazing science live as usual! 🙂
i love the video
This was a great Science Live video!
I really enjoyed learning about the octopus!
An octopus has 9 brains!? I could never guess that, but that is impressive.
Have you ever heard about the Bigfin squid, also known as the Magnapinna? Those things can reach lengths to 20-26 feet. They almost resemble a long spider somewhat. Love science live!
I learned a lot from this!
how does an octopus see color through. their skin
This is super interesting showing how the octopus uses its brain to figure out how to get out of the jar I think I saw that one time on a you tube video, fun fact an octopus has nine brains.🐙
9 brains in one octopus is something interesting to think about.
the octopus is really cool love science live!
I watched Science Live!
Hello from Tennessee!
this reminds me of my octopus teacher!
Hi guys! I absolutely love octopi, like actually they are one of my favorite animals and I love watching octopus documentaries and I think it is so so cool how they can camouflage and how smart they are and how they use their ink and stuff it’s just so fascinating so I really loved this episode. Thank you so much guys, can’t wait to see you next time!
science is fun I guess.
Science lover!!
Thanks for another great Science Live!
This is so cool!
I learned so much about octopuses. Loved it!
This episode was really cool! Octopuses are so interesting, and I loved learning more about how they camouflage!!
This was so cool
scence live was cool
I love learning more about animals
training an octopus goes crazy
So cool!!
I’m glade we got to learn about octopus there one of my favorite animals.
I love your homeschool program.
Science Live is my favorite thing to listen to when I study! Disney+ has an octopus training movie and it’s pretty good too! Finding Nemo 2 is what first taught me how smart they are!
This Science Live was great!! Will you guys consider adding a marine biology class in the near future? I’m wanting to go into marine biology so that would be awesome!!
This video is great i am glad that i can learn about octopuses.
Great episode!!! I didn’t know how cool octopuses are!
so cool!!!
I love learning about marine life!
I love science!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i love octopi (?)what is the plural for them?
Octopus are so cool and they have really neat abilities cool to learn about them.
Wow! thank you Dr. billing! i can’t wait to see you next time!
Wow, that’s pretty cool learning that octopus have nine brains and three hearts.
Comment yay! Can’t wait until next week!
I loved this science live!
Cool octopus
This was interesting!
Great video
The octopus is such an incredible creature! I’m amazed at how it can change color and texture so quickly. It’s also fascinating that they have three hearts and no backbone. This really shows how unique and intelligent they are.
LOVE YOU!!!!!!
so coollll
I love science live!! so excited for next week!!
I wonder what would happen if we brought an octopus to space.
I love learning about anything to do with the ocean and its many amazing animals.
Another cool video!
Awesome science live
I love octopuses
great video , these animals are so interesting
great video
here from tn
When eaten, the octopus has many benefits that include high quality protein and iron.
Always love the educational science!
I never new the octopus had that many brains.
I love octopuses! They used to be my favorite animal.
I like Octopus.
Cant wait until the next science live!
My name is lexi and do you think octopus are one of the smartest in the ocean?
I love ocean life!
I love the octopus lesson!
The cells of the octopus looks like abstract art! But please also fix your captions.
We loved learning about the octopus and of course R51 was hilarious.
i love the octopus, they’re also my favorite marine animal
i love how octopi can comoflague
The octopus part was fun to learn !!
Octopi are so awesome, I didn’t know that an octopus can fit in any hole except for the holes that are smaller than its beak, that’s so cool!
Great video! Octopuses are one of my favorite animals
I love science live!
that octopus is amazing.
First I love Octagon and would love to see more of him!
I learned the mimic octopus can mimic other creatures’ habits and movements.
I love science Live!
I knew an octopuses camouflage worked in some way but I didn’t know its way of working was by microscopic colored sacs and built in color adjusting mirrors. Mathias Ison
Thanks for another Science LIVE!!!
Is there an electrolysis or a coin powered battery
In the electrolysis powered battery the hydrogen from electrifying the water would go through one of the hydrogen converters that roger billings made into a capacitor and drain the charge from the capacitor into the battery to power the battery
In the coin powered battery you would insert a coin into a coin slot then the metal of the coin would liquify and through some sort of process to charge a capacitor and then the charge from the capacitor gets drained into the battery to power the battery
I LOVEED IT!! But could not see it live. 😔 But on on the good side, I still got to see it. ❤️
It’s amazing on how life on Earth works!
I’m planning to build the mach6 but it’s gonna take some time to build and by the way i had never seen a octopus before
love this episode!!!!
Thank you so much for science live! I love how octopi can change colors I think that’s so cool!!
Love the video